KINGMN, Ariz. – A Mohave County judge has awarded damages to 15 former tenants who were displaced when a downtown Kingman motel property was declared uninhabitable in the spring of 2025. Community Legal Services sued former Lodge owner Jin Kim, who did not respond to the breach of contract litigation.
“We lost everything, including all our food,” former tenant Rochelle Phillips said in a news release issued when the litigation began in Oct., 2025. “We had nowhere to go.”
Judge Kenneth Gregory issued a default judgment on July 17.
Jin has been ordered to pay a total of more than $21,000. $20,900 is for damages, $1,000 in attorneys fees and interest totaling $1,201.
